Welcome, friends, to Friday Favorites! Each week, Prasanta Verma and I round up our favorite links related to prayer, spirituality, and writing. We hope it will enrich your life and help you to find the best the web has to offer.

Do you have someone else’s article or post that you’d like to see on Friday Favorites? Find me on Twitter (@LisaKDeam) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, etc. by Thursday noon each week.

Read, be encouraged, and be blessed.

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Engaging Scripture With Our Whole Selves via Nicole T. Walters (experiencing God through the Ignatian practice of imaginative prayer)

Encouragement When the World Feels Like a Mess via Julia Walsh (inspiration when the outer and inner world is just a mess)

Laughter Came From Every Brick via Ryan Cagle (listen to Ryan read a beautiful poem by the contemplative mystic Teresa of Avila on the Signposts podcast)

12 Essential Books on Writing for National Novel Writing Month via Modern Mrs. Darcy (are you participating in NaNoWriMo? check out these writing reads for help and motivation)

The Best Poems for November via Interesting Literature (new month…new poems)

Your Morning Walk with Sophfronia via Sophfronia Scott (in this episode, lessons learned from Madeleine l’Engle about writing and dry spells)